Filter Results:
(7,039)
Show Results For
- All HBS Web
(7,039)
- People (15)
- News (1,980)
- Research (4,277)
- Events (45)
- Multimedia (113)
- Faculty Publications (3,222)
Show Results For
- All HBS Web
(7,039)
- People (15)
- News (1,980)
- Research (4,277)
- Events (45)
- Multimedia (113)
- Faculty Publications (3,222)
- October 1991 (Revised June 1992)
- Case
Nigel Andrews and General Electric Plastics (A)
Describes some critical challenges involved in creating employee empowerment. In the context of General Electric's efforts to debureaucratise the company, employees were encouraged to become more "self-confident". This effort, called "Workout," was introduced all over... View Details
Keywords: Organizational Change and Adaptation; Change Management; Organizational Culture; Employees; Manufacturing Industry; United States
Jick, Todd D. "Nigel Andrews and General Electric Plastics (A)." Harvard Business School Case 492-020, October 1991. (Revised June 1992.)
- January 2003
- Article
Women Entrepreneurs Who Break Through to Equity Financing: The Influence of Human, Social and Financial Capital
By: Myra M. Hart, Nancy M. Carter, Candida G. Brush, Patricia G. Greene and Elizabeth Gatewood
Hart, Myra M., Nancy M. Carter, Candida G. Brush, Patricia G. Greene, and Elizabeth Gatewood. "Women Entrepreneurs Who Break Through to Equity Financing: The Influence of Human, Social and Financial Capital." Venture Capital 5, no. 1 (January 2003): 1–28.
- 19 Apr 2023
- News
How to Turn Around a Toxic Workplace Culture
- 06 Feb 2023
- News
Getting Employee Buy-In for Organizational Change
- 01 Mar 2022
- News
Effective Employee Development Starts with Managers
- 27 Jan 2021
- News
Reorienting Work and Learning Around Skills Building
- 07 Aug 2014
- News
A Fairer Way of Giving Credit Where It's Due
- 15 Dec 2013
- News
The Right Stuff
- Portrait Project
Yaw Agyenim-Boateng
One of my mentors put it this way: Humanity is counting not only on us but on those who we help to thrive and blossom in our wake. Deep? Very. Dramatic? Maybe. But I agree, because that's how I got here. My parents grew up as farmers in... View Details
- 13 Jul 2016
- Blog Post
How To Hire A Millennial
HBS Career & Professional Development (CPD) is sharing Working Knowledge articles to further educate our recruiting partners about best practices in human resources. This is not your parents' workplace anymore, Joseph Fuller reminds... View Details
Keywords: All Industries
- 14 Oct 2020
- News
Sewn with Love
Girls for Humanity (FGFH), the mission of which was to provide humanitarian services and funding to communities in need across the world. Hanazawa mobilized the global fashion industry by soliciting excess merchandise from luxury brands... View Details
Keywords: Maureen Harmon
- 01 Jan 2008
- News
James D. Wolfensohn, MBA 1959
decisions managers must make.” ADVICE TO STUDENTS “Spend at least as much time focusing on people as you do on numbers.” ON LEADERSHIP “Too many of our leaders fail to translate macroeconomic trends into human experience. Increasing... View Details
- 01 May 2020
- In Practice
COVID-19’s Hard Lessons Might Prepare Business for Climate Change
The coronavirus pandemic caught the business world by surprise, but the catastrophe might force companies to face a crisis that has been unfolding in plain sight: climate change. We asked faculty members affiliated with the Business and Environment Initiative at... View Details
Keywords: by Danielle Kost
- 13 Jun 2014
- Op-Ed
World Cup Soccer: 770 Billion Minutes of Attention
stadiums, are borne by national and local governments. In terms of human capital costs, FIFA itself employs only 400 people, according to the organization's website. Even if each of its 209 country members employs another 50, that adds up... View Details
- 13 May 2013
- Blog Post
The Art of Naming a Start-up
This was the most important rule, and the most difficult. We are about enhancing people’s musical voices. Technology at the service of human expression. Freedom from technological restrictions. Creating tools for magical experiences.... View Details
Keywords: Entrepreneurship
- 20 Dec 2022
- Blog Post
7 Resolutions for Recruiting in the New Year
workplace. 6. Resolve to Embrace the Right TrendsA competitor is using TikTok to attract new candidates, does that mean you should too? Maybe, and maybe not.It’s important to stay up to date on industry trends and best practices in human... View Details
Keywords: All Industries
- Student-Profile
Talia Gillis
Studying law and economics at the Hebrew University exposed me both to the normative way of evaluating the law as well as the theoretical and empirical tools used to assess the impact of those rules. Apart from my studies, a number of work experiences highlighted the... View Details
- 01 Aug 2001
- News
Class Day and Commencement 2001
field. If you try to make more out of it than something very human and informal, you'll get all caught up in your tail. "The job of any leader is to build self-confidence in the people around him," Welch continued. "Make those people feel... View Details